Railway-rail.



TQH. ELLIOTT.

' RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1913.

Patented Mar. '10, 191L THOMAS HUNTLY ELLIU'JET, 01h VANGOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

' RAIIIVITAY-RZ-BIL Specification of Letters lPatentr Patented llilar. to, rare.

Application filed July 24, 1913. Serial No. 780,919.

To allwhom it mag concern Be it known that I, Trromss H. ELLIOTT,

a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful lhnprovements in Railwayltails, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an improved rail way rail, the elements oi. which aredesign'ed to enable its lengths to be connected together to form a. continuous track, the obj ectbeing to dispense with the usual fish plate the. cross section of "one length, comprising.

the flange and a vertical web, and the other comprising'thehead or tread of the rail and two side webs fitting u on the upper side or" the flange, and with t e web of the flange length, transmitting the pressure imposed upon the tread of the rail to the flange. The,

end joints of these two lengths of the rail section break joint with one another and the abutting ends of the tread portion are obliquely cut so as to provide an uninterrupted rolling support over the space which requires to be left for expansion between the ends of adjacentrail lengths. This compound rail may be secured to the ties by any approved fastening that will hold the two parts of the rail. together as well as hold them down to the tie.

The invention further comprises the provision of spacers or distance pieces of lead or similar soft material to be interposed between the ends of adjacent lengths when put together, to insure that suflicient provision for expansion is allowed.

A special fastening securing the two parts of the rail together. and to the ties is the subject of a. separate application and need not be here enlarged upon.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, reference being made-to the drawings by which it is acc0mpanied, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustratlng the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view on a smaller scale showinghhe rail lengths as connected. Figs. .3 and 4 are enlarged detail plan views of two of the connections. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5 of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail perspective views of the spacers for the two rail sections. I i lln these drawings 2 represents the flange and 3 the vertical web of the same which comprises one part of the rail. The web 3 is tapered to its upper edge to form a seat for the tread portion of the rail to be described later, and the flange 2 is provided with a longitudinal groove 4. along its upper. side on each side of the web, which groove is located about midway between the web and the edge of the flange. The ends of this flange length of the rail are cut square across. r

The tread section, which is superposed on the flange section, is rolled to oilcr a substantial head 5 for wear and on cacli side of the head the sides 7 are reduced in thickness and are downwardly turned to an angle slightly greater than a ri -ht angle to directly fit into the grooves -l of the flange.

Adjacent to this groove fitting edge each side is flanged outward, as as 8, to correspond with and fit upon that portion of the flange 2 beyond the groove l. Along the underside of the head 5 is a groove 6 to fit upon the upper edge of the web 3 of the flange member of the rail. "The ends of these tread lengths of the rail are out to an angle of approximately sixty degrees from v the sides of the rail so that when the rails are together a continuous rolling surface is provided over the space between the rail ends which has to be left for expansion.

As the rails are without fish plates or bolt connections in which the allowance for expansion is usually regulated, distance pieces 15 and 16 are provided of some soft mate rial, such as load. One of these distance pieces 15' is U shaped that it may be dropped upon the upper edge of the vertical web 3 of the flange portion and will separate the ends of the tread portions thereon, and the other distance piece is of 1 section that it may drop between the ends of adjacent rail sections 2, and straddle the web 3, thc web 3 of one rail section projecting into one side of the member shown in Fig. (5,

and the web of the other rail section pro jet-ting into the other side of such member, the ends of the member 16 that straddle the web 3 projecting into the space between the and better supported connection between the rail lengths. In dispensing with he fish plates and bolts the track may also e much more rapidly laid. A further advantage 1s newal may that when the rail becomes worn the tread lengths alone require renewal which rebe rapidly and conveniently performed. 2.

The meansprovided for securing this rail to the ties, whether by spikes or otherwise, is applied to the outwardly projecting flanges 8 of the tread portion, so that the two parts are securely gripped together as well as held down to the ties, so that the rail is practically a continuous track instead of, as where fish plates are used, consisting of an articulated system with a point of weakness at every rail connection.

Having now particularlyv described my invention, I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is: l

l. A railway rail composed of twoparts, one comprising a base r flange portion,hav-

ing a central web projecting atright angles 1 from the base alon its middle line, the other comprising a tread portion of substantially U-shape in cross section and having its sides extending down to engage said base portion, said sides being spaced from said central web, said tread portion having a longitudinal groove to receive the upper'edge of said central web substantially as shown and described. 1 K i 2. A railway rail composed of two parts, one comprising a base or flange portion, having a central web projecting at right angles.

from the base along its middle line, the other comprising a tread portion of substantially U-shap'e in cross section and having its sides extending down to engage said base portion, said sides being spaced from said central web, said tread portion having a longitudinal groove to receive the upper edge of said central web, said tread portion having the lower extremity of its sides provided with lateral base webs to engage said first mentioned base portion, and also having longitudinal beads on its under side, said' first mentioned base portion having longitudinal grooves toreceive said beads, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

3. A railway rail composed of two parts, one comprising a base or flange portion, havpart being spaced from the 'of said first part,

stantially U-shape in cross section and hav-' ing its sides extending down to engage said base portion, said sides being spaced from said central web, said tread portion having a longitudinal groove to receive the upper edge of said central web, and I blocks adapted to be fitted between adjacent ends of two sections of said first mentioned portion and straddle the web thereof and project into the space between said web and the sides of said tread portion.

4. A railway rail composed of two parts, one comprising a base or flange portion, having a central web projecting at right angles from the base alon its middle line, the other comprising a trea portion of substantially 'U-sha e in cross section and having its sides exten ing down to engage said base portion, said sides being spaced from said central web, said tread portion nal groove to receive the upper edge of said central web. the lower extremity of its sides provided wit-h lateral base 'webs'to engage said first mentioned base portion, and also having longitudinal beads on its under sides, said first mentioned base portion having longitudinal grooves to receive's'aid beads, and I blocks adapted to be fitted between the adjacent ends of two sections of said first mentioned portion and straddle the web thereof, and project into the space between said web and the sides of said tread portion.

5. A railway rail composedof two parts, one of said parts having a base and an upwardly projecting central web with longitudinal grooves within the base at each side of the 'web; the other part having a tread face and downwardly projecting sides and laterally projecting base-webs, longitudinal beads on the bottom of said sides to enter said first part longitudinal .grooves, said second part having a central longitudinal groove to fit of said first part, the sides of said second web of said first part and the base portion of said second part resting on the base of said'first part.

6. A railway rail composed of two parts, one of'said parts having a ,base and an upwardly projecting central web with longitudinal grooves within the base at each side of the web; the other part having a tread face and downwardly rojecting sides and laterally projecting ba'ie webs, beads on the bottom, of said sides to enter said first part longit-iidinal grooves, said second p'art having a central lon tudinal groove to fit over the upper edge 0 the sides of said second part being spaced from the web'of said first part and the base portion of said second part resting on the base of said first part, and

over-the upper edge of the web.

longitudinal the web having a longitudispacers adapted to be inserted between the abuttingends of two sections of the first part of the rail, and other spacers adapted to be inserted between abutting ends of two sections of the second part of the rail, said first mentioned spacers having portions projecting into thespaces between the sides of the second part and the Web of the first part, and said second mentioned spacers being In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS HUN TLY ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

ROWLAND BRITTAIN, E. J. WHITE.

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